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Strong Employers and Weak Employees: How Does Employer Concentration Affect Wages?

Efraim Benmelech, Nittai K. Bergman and Hyunseob Kim
Published online before print December 14, 2020, 0119-10007R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0119-10007R1
Efraim Benmelech
Harold L. Stuart Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
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Nittai K. Bergman
Professor of Economics at the Berglas School of Economics and Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.
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Hyunseob Kim
Assistant Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.
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0119-10007R1
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0119-10007R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Published online December 14, 2020.

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  1. Efraim Benmelech⇑,
  2. Nittai K. Bergman and
  3. Hyunseob Kim
  1. Harold L. Stuart Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
  2. Professor of Economics at the Berglas School of Economics and Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.
  3. Assistant Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.
  1. Corresponding author; Email: e-benmelech{at}kellogg.northwestern.edu.

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